Lembo v. Lembo’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. ““In determining the precise amount of child support to be paid by the noncustodial parent, the trial justice is required under the administrative order to consider the Child Support Guidelines Worksheet (worksheet) relating to the parties’ monthly adjusted gross incomes. The administrative order states that ‘[t]he Child Support Guidelines Worksheet must be utilized and filed in the case record prior to or at the hearing on support, or at the time of entry of a support order without a hearing. The moving party or his/her attorney has the primary responsibility to complete the Worksheet and file it with the Court prior to or at the time of the support hearing.’ It is evident that § 15-5-16.2, read in conjunction with the administrative order, requires that the Family Court justice first review the prescribed worksheet to determine the base level of a child-support order that the noncustodial parent would be ordered to pay.” (Emphasis added.) Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lembo v. Lembo

2. “This Court defines a parent's ability to pay very broadly, to 'provide the child or children with the greatest possible support.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Joel Trojan v. Denise Trojan

3. “(3) The standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Joel Trojan v. Denise Trojan